Sunday, 7 February 2010

Sissinghurst

I finished Sissinghurst a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed knitting this and I love the result. The yarn is Rowan pure wool 4ply in the colours depicted in the magazine, and I actually had at least one ball of each colour left over - that's a first for me with Rowan. Everything I've ever made from Rowan has always required me to go and buy extra, so this was a bonus.The pattern looks more complicated than it is to work - slipped stitches on 2 of the 4 pattern rows give the illusion of fair isle but only one colour is used at a time; as the colour changes every 4th row there are masses of ends to weave in, but I did this at the end of each knitting session to keep things under some sort of control - I don't think I could've faced doing them all at the end. I made the smallest size - 32" - 34" - which turned out to be a good move as it blocked slightly larger than the expected finished measurements, so it fits quite well after all.Currently knitting "Portree", another Rowan from their latest mag, and that's going well - I'll have piccies soon, along with Rick socks from Cookie A's "Sock Innovation". Both fit in with two personal goals for this year - to get better at colourwork and to better understand sock construction.

Fearless Knitter

About Me

My mum taught me to knit about 45 years ago and I've been an enthusiast ever since, although I had several knit free years when my 2 daughters were little & I never seemed to be able to find the time! Nowadays, I design my own patterns & have had reasonable success, being a finalist in UK Handknittings "Accessorise 2006" competition. This led to some of my work being published in Marie Claire & My Weekly magazines. I now design for my own satisfaction having successfully completed the City and Guilds level 3 certificate in Knitted Textile Design.